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Old 20-06-2015, 12:34 AM
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Just doing a bit of searching and came across tein street flex for the classic would that be a better move than putting another set of BC's on .
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Old 20-06-2015, 04:34 AM
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Lot of peeps have teins on here and think steve_PPP had then on for the ring
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Old 20-06-2015, 08:17 AM
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I'd go with the Tein's over BCs personally.

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Lot of peeps have teins on here and think steve_PPP had then on for the ring
I've got the tein super streets, they're an older version. Street Flex is a current model. Ginola's got the next model up compared to mine...
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Old 20-06-2015, 08:49 AM
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I've got the tein super streets, they're an older version. Street Flex is a current model. Ginola's got the next model up compared to mine...
That's what I'm thinking Steve as the teins look better and build is better quality rather do it once and street flex is all you can get for a classic apart from there lowering springs .
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Old 20-06-2015, 08:55 AM
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Eibach........
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Whatever you go for it's unlikely to be 'do it once' as they all need rebuilding sooner or later as far as I can tell from others' experiences.

Tein seem a better bet than BCs for longevity from what I've seen.

Hard not to listen to Alyn on this though!
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Old 20-06-2015, 11:05 AM
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Whatever you go for it's unlikely to be 'do it once' as they all need rebuilding sooner or later as far as I can tell from others' experiences.

Tein seem a better bet than BCs for longevity from what I've seen.

Hard not to listen to Alyn on this though!
I know been looking at KW as well I think a little phone call to Alyn is on the cards to talk options .
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Old 20-06-2015, 02:25 PM
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Can Eibach be adjusted for soft and hard settings as need something good for fast road and track days .
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Ordered my Eibachs of Alyn last week - from what I know the height is adjustable but the dampening is fixed - although Eibach do good testing and it meant to be the best of both worlds - soft enough for normal, but stiff enough when pushing the car

Once mine are on, ill let you know! ha ha

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Ordered my Eibachs of Alyn last week - from what I know the height is adjustable but the dampening is fixed - although Eibach do good testing and it meant to be the best of both worlds - soft enough for normal, but stiff enough when pushing the car

Once mine are on, ill let you know! ha ha

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Hurry up and fit them I am interested to know what your opinion is.
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Should be here in about another week - ordered last week but had a 2wks lead time...
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Old 21-06-2015, 01:51 PM
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I have Tein type flex (not the street ones) fully adjustable for bump/rebound/height etc they work great on the track, they are a little stiff but you would expect that! Think I paid £1600 odd for them.

Still compliant enough to use on the road. (you know what they are like on track from the passenger seat )

They are still going strong after nearly 4 years and 35k + miles I'm sure they will need a rebuild at some point though, they have already outlasted a set of standard shocks and springs!
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I have Tein type flex (not the street ones) fully adjustable for bump/rebound/height etc they work great on the track, they are a little stiff but you would expect that! Think I paid £1600 odd for them.

Still compliant enough to use on the road. (you know what they are like on track from the passenger seat )

They are still going strong after nearly 4 years and 35k + miles I'm sure they will need a rebuild at some point though, they have already outlasted a set of standard shocks and springs!
Yes Dave do like your set up and can't complain about them apart from they don't do them for a classic which is a shame .
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Hurry up and fit them I am interested to know what your opinion is.
Surely you're not thinking of putting coilovers on the 1?
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E has been scared by a dealers mechanic who spotted some wear on his arch liner. Unfortunately said dealer wasn't aware that he has been driving around the karrosell with 235 Toyo's fitted.
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E has been scared by a dealers mechanic who spotted some wear on his arch liner. Unfortunately said dealer wasn't aware that he has been driving around the karrosell with 235 Toyo's fitted.
I have holes in my arch linners from that and similar activity had a spare one I the shed for more than a year mind!


Scotty you can get them for a classic, at least you could I know a type UK with some fitted, I'll see if I can find you a link, I would support Ayln's point about eibach aswell, in my opinion messing around with it between track and road is not needed if it's set upcorrectly it will just work on and off the track so if they come pre setup and it's good you won't need to mess around getting them dialed in
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Scotty you can get them for a classic, at least you could I know a type UK with some fitted, I'll see if I can find you a link, I would support Ayln's point about eibach aswell, in my opinion messing around with it between track and road is not needed if it's set upcorrectly it will just work on and off the track so if they come pre setup and it's good you won't need to mess around getting them dialed in
Cheers Dave going to give Alyn a phone to discuss my options in the morning .
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Well just found out a friend is selling his KW clubsport coilovers for a classic that are still new as he never fitted them now they won't be cheap .
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Would be interested if you decide not to buy them
Will let you know and they come with white line top mounts
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Please do
Would have some AST 12ways for sale 😉
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Would have some AST 12ways for sale 😉
Coilovers ? what they like on .
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Yes coilovers with adjustable top mounts
Been very good and only done a couple of thousand miles since serviced last year
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For street and track use .
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Forget BC's had them (only 18 mouths) now I have got KW's 3 and had them on for at least three years and going strong but there are not cheap but some times buy cheap buy twice.
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Forget BC's had them (only 18 mouths) now I have got KW's 3 and had them on for at least three years and going strong but there are not cheap but some times buy cheap buy twice.
I know a mate of mine is selling his KW V3 he never fitted them to his classic so there still new and just out of my budget at the moment .
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Well been doing a lot of research and its looking like I will be buying a set of Tein Flex A or Z which are compatible with EDFC which Dave(Ginola) has on his widetrack I think , they also have 16 damping force adjustments .
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Well a good old friend has sent me a PM saying that he is selling his tein GC8 coilovers so ask him to send me some pics of the ones mentioned now what am I supposed to do now as here is what he is selling
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